Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 774: Chapter 734: Seeking External Help!

Seeing the little girl suddenly swallow such a large glass sphere, Shuihua was startled.

She hurriedly ran over, lifted little Connar from behind, and performed the Heimlich maneuver on the spot.

After some chaos, Connar finally coughed up the Dragon Pearl.

Looking at the Dragon Pearl rolling on the floor, shiny as new, Camille Victoria and Shuihua exchanged glances.

Camille Victoria calmed her lingering fear and asked about the matter: “Connar, do you know what this is?”

“I don’t know.” Connar shook her head.

“You dare to eat something you don’t know…” Camille Victoria was speechless, but seeing Connar’s bewildered face, she couldn’t be angry. Instead, she gently scolded her: “Don’t eat unknown things next time!”

“Oh.” Connar nodded, “But Connar is hungry.”

“Sigh, wait a moment, I’ll get you something to eat.”

The next evening, after Connar had said she was hungry, Camille Victoria added a kitchen to the virtual house, bought a lot of ingredients, filled the refrigerator, and even started studying recipes before bed.

In the past, her refrigerator only contained various desserts, drinks, snacks, and ice cream; she had never thought about cooking in the virtual world.

—Milkshake, that silly dog, could be managed with a few bags of dog food.

But now, to raise Connar, she had to work hard!

Even if she was still eating takeout after logging off, she had to make sure to cook dinner for Connar in the virtual world first!

Shuihua looked at little Connar sitting at the table and found her more and more adorable, even harboring the wicked thought of wanting to take her home.

However, considering she didn’t have much time and needed to hurry up with her progress, she ultimately gave up.

Of course, Camille Victoria’s vigilant look didn’t seem easy to provoke either…

Camille Victoria, on the other hand, somewhat regretted that Shuihua’s Goddess of Luck aura didn’t have an effect, and Connar remained the same, not triggering any special tasks.

—Shuihua tried to persuade Connar at the dinner table to return home with Auntie Dragon, Aunt, and Auntie.

But Connar still shook her head and insisted on running away from home.

So, Shuihua decisively gave up persuading her any further, played a little more with her, then waved goodbye to her, and left Camille Victoria’s house.

She needed to make progress.

Shuihua’s tasks were quite heavy, and like most players, the goals she set for herself were to obtain the Armament Box, Grappling Hook, Hunter Medal, Hunting Hound, and Spaceship.

As for the “Cross-City Racing Competition”, that event was on the weekend, so she could definitely make it.

—However, mere participation was all she could manage; there wasn’t enough time for any targeted modifications to her car.

Considering that the race was a one-way run this time and pure-speed cars stood a chance again to become champions, many racers made targeted modifications to their cars.

Hank, Edward, and Cody, along with more than a dozen professional racers from Daxia, all chose extreme speed modifications.

However, their opponents were not only each other but also numerous overseas professional racers.

It was bound to be a fierce contest of dragons and tigers.

Aside from that, there was another issue consuming Shuihua’s time and energy:

She needed to gather a set of passable equipment before the main force defeated the Molten Mountain Dragon and Phase Willow.

Otherwise, by the time the final battle started, if her equipment was too weak and her resistance insufficient, she might not even be able to approach the battlefield.

But nobody wanted to miss out on the battles against the Molten Mountain Dragon and Phase Willow!

Therefore, time had to be squeezed to work hard!

…

Shuihua believed that as long as she was diligent, she could definitely catch up with the schedule.

But for many people, especially those who were busy at work, had emergencies, or needed to support their families, they found it impossible to keep up and had to make sacrifices in these events.

It caused them great suffering, so they constantly called for these events to be retained and become permanent gameplay.

As time passed, the outcry grew louder, and more and more posts mentioned Lincoln.

But Lincoln seemed to truly have disappeared, never to appear again.

*

Lincoln was very busy.

At first, he was only busy within the company.

Later, it developed into running around outside every day.

After the “Chang’an” project entered the fast track, it obviously put a lot of pressure on Quentina.

Because many contents could not be handled by game designers alone, they must seek help from outside.

For example, the Temple Fair group, although the Temple Fair culture is relatively well preserved in Daxia, there are many lively Temple Fairs held every year.

But this is not something you can perfectly reproduce just by attending a few Temple Fairs and watching some video materials.

It must have the help of people who have been engaged in organizing, managing, and researching Temple Fairs for many years to perfectly reproduce it in a short time.

Another example is the Mechanism City, which also cannot be completely relied on by brainstorming.

There will be no one in reality who has actually done this, so what should we do?

Lincoln pointed out the way for this group: to find experienced carpentry masters and top-level puzzle (puzzle toy) designers.

He believed that these people could provide them with enough inspiration.

…

There are many similar problems, and many groups need outside help.

The Human Resources Department under Quentina is working hard to keep up with the pace of the “Chang’an” project team, running around every day to deal with these matters.

Lincoln naturally joined the hustle as well.

Because some people can’t be poached, and even cooperation can be troublesome.

It’s not that everyone doesn’t give Cloud Dream face, but the time is too tight and it can’t be arranged.

In this respect, Lincoln’s involvement often worked wonders – it’s easy to refuse Cloud Dream employees, but it’s much harder to refuse Lincoln.

His first stop was to go to the horse farm to dig two or three people who know horses.

But Lincoln still remembered: when he first went to the horse farm, the owner of the horse farm even ran over enthusiastically to invite him to dinner.

Although he declined at the time, he now felt embarrassed about poaching directly. Instead, he contacted the horse farm owner, invited the person to dinner, and expressed his thoughts at the table.

When the owner of the horse farm learned that the “Chang’an” project team needed people who understood horses, he immediately asked: “Are two or three people enough? Why don’t I close the horse farm for a month and let everyone go to help you?”

“That’s not necessary,” Lincoln hurriedly refused, “borrowing five people is enough, at most one month, promise to return them.”

So, poaching turned into borrowing.

Lincoln also took the opportunity to let the staff of the Horse Racing group come to the horse farm to experience it.

After solving the horse racing team’s problem, Lincoln took Mavis and Camille Victoria – with Yue Pengju and Jordan following behind, all the way south to Suzhou.

It is not very realistic to restore the poetry and little songs in the entertainment venues, brothels, or teaching workshops based on video materials alone.

But there are good things that can be captivating just by singing –

Soft dialect of Wu and Pipa Pingtan, which can make listeners’ hearts beat as soon as they start singing.

It’s not to say that they are the most suitable for these occasions, but they are absolutely essential.

So –

Go south and poach!

Even if they can’t dig up people, they have to pull up a few Pingtan masters for a few months to fill in these singing segments properly.

Actually, this task could also be handed over to others, but Lincoln really wanted to go to Suzhou to watch the live performances and experience the fun of “listening to little songs when idle”.

By the way, he could also take the Princess out for a spin.

As soon as the princess heard Lincoln’s invitation, she dropped her work, put on the anti-paparazzi brooch Lincoln gave her, and set off with him without hesitation.

Of course, relying solely on the brooch can’t guarantee absolute security.

But since no one found out in Chang’an, Suzhou should be fine too.

In fact, even if she was discovered, Camille Victoria wouldn’t be afraid.

She even secretly looked forward to it.